In this week's Sunday Sitdown, Academy Award-winning actor Renée Zellweger joins Willie Geist to discuss her return to the beloved character Bridget Jones in the latest installment of the blockbuster movie series, and the head-spinning whirlwind of her life after "Jerry Maguire." Catholics around the world are praying for Pope Francis who remains in critical condition at a Rome hospital while battling double pneumonia. The Vatican said on Saturday that the 88-year-old pontiff needed oxygen and blood transfusions. NBC's Anne Thompson reports and Dr. Natalie Azar provides health analysis for Sunday TODAY. Federal employees are on edge after weeks of mass firings and President Donald Trump urging Elon Musk and his DOGE team to "get more aggressive" on government cuts. Musk and his team emailed federal workers asking them to breakdown what work they did last week and said on X, "failure to respond will be taken as a resignation." NBC's Yamiche Alcindor reports for Sunday TODAY. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to discuss new polls on Trump's approval rating that have dipped below 50 percent and the growing outrage over mass layoffs. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is under intense pressure from the United States after President Trump pushed for American access to Ukraine's wealth of valuable minerals as part of a deal to end the war with Russia. It was a shock to Ukrainians when Trump adopted the role of peacemaker and blamed Zelenskyy for starting the war. NBC's Richard Engel reports in this week's Sunday Focus. 

Firefighters are working to contain a series of brush fires that swept through New York's Long Island. High winds caused the fires to jump quickly and send smoke billowing for miles as New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul declares a state of emergency. The Secret Service reports it shot a man near the White House after agents were alerted to a "suicidal individual" in the area. They say the shooting happened "following an armed confrontation with law enforcement." No officers were injured and there is no word yet on the man's condition. "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to discuss new reporting on what the Trump administration is going to require in order to restart military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Russia launched more than a 100 drones into Ukraine just one day after their biggest attack on the country this year. The new attacks come days after the U.S. suspended military aid to Ukraine and halted intelligence sharing. NBC's Molly Hunter reports for Sunday TODAY.  House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a new short-term funding bill that would avert a potential government shutdown. In order for the bill to pass, it must have bipartisan support. NBC's Yamiche Alcindor reports for Sunday TODAY.  NBC's Maya Eaglin reports for Sunday TODAY. NASA's Space-X Crew-10 is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday night to the International Space Station. After they arrive, their Dragon capsule will serve as a ride home for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who have had an extended stay in space for nine months. NBC's Marissa Parra reports in this week's Sunday Focus. Sixty years ago, a peaceful march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery turned bloody and became a seminal day in American history after unarmed demonstrators were attacked by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Now, a coffee shop sits at the foot of the bridge and serves as a reminder of the segregated past and symbol of hope. NBC's Priscilla Thompson reports in this week's Sunday Spotlight.